Poland Bussing in Conservative Lawmakers to Warsaw to Cheer Trump During Speech

The leader of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, meanwhile, touted Trump’s visit as a major source of pride for the country.

Now, the stakes may be even higher. Trump’s visit to Europe in May did not go smoothly with most of the other European leaders. He is expected to praise Poland for being one of a handful of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation members that do so.

Poland’s diversification strategy is “a wise initiative”, Steuer said. Under Kaczynski, the party has moved to rein in the judiciary, sought to muscle media outlets into taking a more pro-government line and advanced various conspiracy theories, including one surrounding the 2010 plane crash in Russian Federation that killed dozens of Polish dignitaries including Kaczynski’s twin brother, Lech, who was then president.

Workers were building platforms at a downtown Warsaw square where Trump will speak, and colorful posters could be seen across the city inviting people to attend the event. “It’s rolling back the democratic reforms we once heralded”.

Among those from the administration joining President Trump on his European trip are Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, and direction of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn.

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk to their vehicle after arriving at Warsaw Chopin Airport, Wednesday, July 5, 2017, in Warsaw. As a narcissist enthralled with those who offer him affirmation, Trump will likely respond to Warsaw’s lavish praise in kind. Organizers expect large-scale protests to accompany the summit.

Trump has much in common with the current Polish government. One source tells me Tony Dolan, the former speechwriter for Ronald Reagan, is advising the White House on both the trip and the speech. Trump said in an early morning tweet. “Why should we continue these deals with countries that do not help us?” Scores of people who lined darkened roads waved American and Polish flags and recorded video of Trump’s motorcade as sped past.

It is pretty clear that while Trump may enjoy his time in Poland with like-minded politicians, the rest of his trip may not be quite as pleasant. Merkel has also said on more than one occasion that the United States can no longer be seen as reliable “allies”.

“The message is that the United States continues to show it’s not wedded simply to working with the existing European elites and that it’s quite happy” to build ties with governments challenging Brussels on certain issues, Prof Szczerbiak says.

Merkel remains disappointed in Trump’s decision last month to withdraw the USA from the Paris climate agreement.

President Donald Trump has arrived in Poland ahead of an outdoor address in Warsaw on Thursday and energy talks with European leaders.

Among the 37 countries Pew surveyed, Trump scored higher marks than his predecessor, President Barack Obama, in only two: Russian Federation and Israel. According to the Pew Research Center, a pollster, just 23% of Poles have confidence in Trump, compared to 57% who have no confidence in him. “And they use it to blackmail us, to blackmail Ukraine”, Warsaw University’s Lewicki said. “We have a full moral right to say “no”, Kaczyński said in a speech broadcast on television.

Ruszczynski praised Trump’s decision to come to Poland before Germany as “a very fearless decision”.

In that quest, the embattled United States president will get a sizeable assist from Poland’s ruling conservative party, which said it is laying on free buses to ferry in admirers. “It’s not clear that those will be noticeable on the first meeting”.